The Way of the Center

Last night's exciting game made fans all over the world paying attention to the Trail Blazers and Oklahoma City Thunder. Of course, this also made Anjie and his guys exhausted the next day.

In terms of consumption, the consumption of the Blazers players is naturally much greater than that of the Thunder players. In addition to starting the Five Tigers, Jeff Van Gundy also has more alternatives. In Ricard's hands, apart from the starting five, only Crawford, Courtney Lee, Marcus Camby and Kurt Thomas can participate in the rotation. Others either have injuries or are incapable of meeting the requirements of the Western Conference Finals.

Of the four on the bench, only Crawford and Lee can truly share the scoring pressure on the starting players. Camby and Thomas didn't play long, and Angel and Aldridge played harder than the others more often.

Because of this, the two cores of the Trail Blazers were in such a bad state when they were training today. Especially An Jie, this guy's fighting spirit is still high, but his body can no longer support him to continue such high-intensity wear and tear.

After the entire season, Anjie's absences were all concentrated at the beginning of the season. At that time, Anjie had just recovered from a major injury, so Ricard took a rotation system for him. However, as Anjie’s state gets better and the season progresses, Anjie will be the starter in every game afterwards, and he will have to work hard for more than 38 minutes in each game. In this way, a game was played without absent until the current Western Conference Finals.

Even the iron man will feel tired at this time. What's more, Jeff Van Gundy's targeted tactics and Morris's uncompromising defense will greatly deplete Anjie's physical fitness. This is the reason why the championship is difficult to win. Anjie and Aldridge are already strong enough, but the team has been forced into a blind spot due to a small lineup problem!

So in today's training, George Ricard has set up more tactics for the rest of the Trail Blazers. He must find a way to reduce pressure for An Jie, and other people must also shoulder greater responsibilities. The lineup problem cannot be solved now, Ricard must use limited resources to maximize the team's combat effectiveness!

Olajuwon and Divac also called in succession, and taught Anjie a lot of experience in facing difficulties. After all, these two masters of An Jie were all people who had experienced strong winds and waves back then, and they had all experienced more difficult moments than this. But one thing is that Olajuwon’s Rockets and Divac’s Lakers or Kings are much stronger than the current Blazers. Therefore, the experience of these two people may not be applicable to An Jie's current situation.

Anjie's training time is still less than the time of relaxing massage, but even the best massage can only play a soothing effect. To really get rid of fatigue, the only way is to rest for enough time. But the most stingy thing about the NBA is time.

During the rest of the day, Anjie always felt that he was passing very fast. He trained during the day and took a bath with Aldridge in the evening. After returning home, he talked with Catherine and her family on the phone. After that, the day ended. So that he didn't even take a good breath, the second battle of the Rose Garden started again.

Since the Blazers won the last game, the Roses Stadium is still full today.

This huge noise weighed heavily on An Jie's body. He doesn't want to disappoint this group of guys who support him, and he himself knows that this home court is of great significance to the Trail Blazers. If the Trail Blazers get a 3-1 lead, they will basically enter the finals with one foot.

But now, Anjie feels that the NBA jersey sponsored by Adidas is very heavy on him.

At the beginning of the game, Anjie was forced to end early because of two premature fouls. He couldn't move away, and the speed of his projectile dropped drastically. The foul committed by the lightning-fast Westbrook is a no-brainer.

Without Anjie, the Blazers' defense immediately opened up. Westbrook's breakthrough caused the Rose Garden to fall silent for a while, and Durant forced Ricard to call a timeout in two companies outside the three-point line.

Now, Camby, who has almost no offensive ability, has completely liberated Morris. Facing the combined defense of Ibaka and Morris, even Aldridge played very hard.

In the first quarter alone, the Thunder took a very lead. The Trail Blazers seem to rarely take the lead in the first quarter, but this time, the situation is much worse than before.

However, at the beginning of the second quarter, Anjie led the Trail Blazers' second team to a 12-0 offensive climax. He successfully staged the return of the king and helped the team overtake the score.

The exclamation of countless commentators became the main theme of the first half of the second quarter, and it was not the first time that An Jie performed a stunned performance. But every time he did this, people couldn't believe what they saw.

But all this changed after the Thunder's stronger defensive starting five tigers came on the court.

As in the previous game, Jeff Van Gundy boldly used Morris to defend Anjie alone, but instead strengthened his defense against the other four of the Trail Blazers. The difference is that the exhausted Anjie's offensive efficiency today is far less than the previous game, and the performance of Westbrook and Durant is much better than the previous game.

An Jie's return of the king ended here, and the second half of the second quarter became the time for the Thunder to chase points. Until the end of the first half, the lead that Anjie brought to the Trail Blazers has become an impressive 4 points. And during this time, An Jie consumed more physical energy than people thought.

In the second half of the game, Jeff Van Gundy grabbed it with both hands. The offensive end used Westbrook and Bledsoe's alternate impact to capture Anjie, and the defensive end continued to strengthen the defense against the other four of the Trail Blazers.

Ricard called a timeout more than once to set up tactics for others. However, facing the Thunder's best defense in the league, the Trail Blazers, except for Angel and Aldridge, were indeed somewhat stretched. Even if they know how to play this tactic, they may not be able to execute it successfully.

The third quarter game was a complete massacre for the Trail Blazers. This may be the worst loss for the Trail Blazers in this season's playoffs.

Anjie's fouls have accumulated to five times, and Aldridge's shooting rate has fallen below half. Matthews' three-point shots have been increasing, but the number of goals is still 1. Felton was broken by Westbrook and Bledsoe time and time again, there was no way...

In the fourth quarter, the Blazers fans still did not give up. They are still waiting for An Jie's return, and they are still waiting for An Jie to stage the myth again. 17 of 17 shots, a super triple-double, a victory that turned the tide...hasn't An Jie done all of these in the Rose Garden? Today, who can guarantee that Anjie will not do it again?

The fans still have hope in their hearts, even if this hope is as small as basketball on this court.

Anjie did show amazing perseverance on the court. This guy definitely has the ability to become one of the greatest players in the history of the Trail Blazers. Even when Roy and Oden were still around, the Trail Blazers had never been so bloody.

But hard work and victory cannot be equated. The Pacers have worked hard this season, but they still cannot escape the fate of being eliminated by the more powerful Heat Big Three in the Eastern Conference semifinals. NBA is an alliance that speaks with strength, and the lineup strength of the Trail Blazers, starting from the first round of the playoffs, does not have the advantage!

An Jie couldn't even breathe until the end of the fight, but in order to stop Bledsoe, he resolutely chose to take off and block.

But today, the fans did not see Anjie's wonderful pegboard cap again, but were the first to hear the appalling whistle of the referee.

"The Trail Blazers' No. 00 shooting foul!" The referee shouted towards the technical stage, and the entire Rose Garden stadium collapsed in an instant!

Because of this, it was Anjie's sixth foul in this game! After this foul, Anjie will not be allowed to step into the court again!

"Fuck you! Did you see clearly!? This is a **** good shot!" Ricard yelled from the sidelines, making him look demeaned in front of Van Gundy. But before defeating the negative, demeanor is completely worthless.

The referee didn't argue with Ricard, he didn't even look at Ricard. This guy just made a silent gesture and gave Ricard a technical foul.

"Pay attention to your words and deeds, coach. Next time, I may send you out!" The zero tolerance system implemented by David Stern gives the referee great power, even if Ricard is a villain, the referee I will not be afraid of him either.

The farce finally ended with An Jie’s departure. Although there are still 4 minutes and 45 seconds before the end of the game, anyone who can accept the reality knows that as soon as An Jie leaves, the Trail Blazers game will also It's basically over...

104 to 98, Aldridge tenaciously replaced Anjie with the powerful Thunder to the end. But the hard work of this silent big man did not change the long-destined ending.

Like in Oklahoma, the Thunder also won a game in Portland. In the East, the Heat and Celtics have just tied. The Trail Blazers and Oklahoma City followed closely behind. The confrontation between the East and West finals is destined to end in a very cruel and **** way.

An Jie leaned tiredly on the bench, this feeling is really **** annoying...

2 to 2, the series tied the game, but the Thunder have been even better under the arrangement of Jeff Van Gundy ~www.NovelMTL.com~.

Returning to Oklahoma two days later, the Trail Blazers still failed to find a way to deal with Van Gundy's tactics. If the Trail Blazers could have one or two more scorers, An Jie wouldn't be treated as such. Unfortunately, they still lack such a role.

Although Aldridge's scoring ability is good, the Trail Blazers are basically a single-core team. Perhaps the late bloomer Aldridge will be even better next season, but at least this year, the crazy performance that broke the playoff scoring record in the first game of the Western Conference Finals is the best state he can get.

Although An Jie did not leave early in this game, he still scored 29 points with a 52% shooting percentage.

Westbrook once again became the x factor of the game. Many times today he planned to commit fouls without the referee's attention, and the Thunder missed many opportunities.

But Bledsoe's excellence has made up for this vacancy for Westbrook. This guy has shown a very high quality today whether it is a breakthrough or a perimeter shooting!

Aldridge scored 29 points like Anjie, but apart from them, there is no second guy in the Trail Blazers to break double digits.

106 to 113, the Thunder won their first streak in the Western Conference Finals, and the score also changed from a subtle 2 to 2 to 2 to 3. Only this time, it was no longer Anjie and the Blazers that broke the situation.

The next game will be the last home field in the Trail Blazers series.

The battle of Tianwang Mountain will be the last redemption opportunity for the Trail Blazers...

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